The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-22
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA.
The steam laundry at Barlow is doing
good business
Another brick building is spoken of at
BartOw-a big grain house.
There is a lady living near DeLand who
has turkey gobbier II years old.
John Davis, of Apalachicola, is about to
locate a colony at st. Joseph's bay.
The Maid reported small rise in the
| ChatUahoochee on her last trip down.
The Enterprise Herald says that scupper-
nong grapes in that section viii soon be ripe.
Two Of the prominent merchants of Chip
| ley propose opening branch houses at BOni-
| fay.
The residence of Capt. c. f. Lartigue,
near Lake Lucerne, is being rapidly pushed
TO completion.
| An effort is being made to establish mail
route from st. Marks to Teresa during the
| summer months.
The South Florida Foundry at Orlando is
running at its full capacity and has a large
| lot of orders on hand.
A handsome and substantial foot bridge
has been completed across Peace creek, at
| the wagon bridge east Of Barlow.
jefferson county farmers will place H.
| 900 jO)-p0und bales of cotton upon the mar
! ket during the next harvest season.
The new Baptist church for colored peo-
| pie at Apaachicola, is going up adjoining
| the old one just below public school No. l.
\ few days ago William O. Rev hal-
pooned a stingaree on st. George Island
| that measured about three feet across the
| back
A teachers institute will be held in Bar
| tow, Polk county, commencing July "a,
Fy.rr
| vited.
The Kuhl-DeLaney block at Orlando will
! be completed by Aug. !. Several new build
| lngs are contemplated in various portions Of
! the city.
1t is rumored that Tarpon Springs is soon
to have horse railroad, and that negotia-
tons are now in progress for the establish
ment of the same.
Alice Mackey, colored, was locked up
| Tuesday in the county jail, at Palatka, as an
| accessory to the murder of Willis Mason,
which occurred last week.
At Chattahoochee a S75 suit before JUS
| tice between some parties over the damages
to a fifteen cent watermelon was one of the
| events Of the last few days.
A man named Wilcox, living on Lake
Clear, had his house set on fire by lightning
and a horse killed at the same time during
the storm Of Monday evening.
The work OH Webbs new one-story brick
building, on Lemon street, Palatka is nearly
| completed, and when the plate glass front
is put in it will be quite handsome.
A large silver fish weighing about IL
| pounds, made a leap from the water at the
Bluff near Apalachicola, Wednesday, and
landed upon raft. He was secured
On Sunday some colored boys were bath
ing in a lake near Snead's Station, when one
of them, a son of James Rogers, went be
vopd his depth in the water and was
drowned
At Chattahoochee a petition is in circula-
ton requesting the county commissioners t.
call an election to decide for or against the
sale of liquor in the county unker the new
constitution
There will be q county convention al
Wauchula, DeSotO county, on Saturday
July %, to determine what places shall he
nominated and voted for for the county seat
of DeSoto county.
The following denominations hold reli-
gious services III DeLand: Catholic, Episco-
pal, Methodist Episcopal, NJ. f.. Church
South, Baptist, Presbyterian christian, y
Universalist, African NJ. Z. Church and the
Colored Baptist.
A meeting is TO be held in Jacksonville, on
August 3, for the purpose of devising means
Of inducing immigration TO the State The
boards of trade of the different towns
throughout the State are invited Three
members of the DeLand Council will attend.
At Ellaville frequent showers for the last
two weeks have insured good crops Corn
and cotton promise better yield than for
years. Melons and fruit have already.
though late, been marketed in great abund-
ance, and the quality Of both was excel
lent.
There was driven some days ago at the
Cypress Lumber Companys mill, at Ana.
lachicola, a well 40 feet deep and the water
rises within Is inches of the top. The water
is said to be of Il mineral character and
does not require ice ~ cool it. The second
well is being driven
The $4,000 appropriated by the last Con
grcSs for the improvement of the channel
at Apalachicola Is about expended This
sum has been sufficient TO about clean out
the filling of the channel made within
the past year, but before they get another
appropriation the cut will be as bad as ever.
Lovely Hicks, an old colored man, was
| severely pounded in jail at Tallahassee
Saturday night by Alexander Jones, another
prisoner, incarcerated for murder, and died
Monday night. An inquest was held over
his body yesterday, verdict being rendered
in accordance with the facts
At Lake City Wednesday the cigarmakers
Y ~
and D. l.. Geers, struck for higher wages
on account of grievances. Every man
went out 4 committee of the strikers was
appointed 10 confer with the proprietors,
but up 10 this writing no terms have been
agreed upon.
DR.. Tanner, DeLand's postmaster, reports
that the business Of the Office at the present
time is considerably greater than az this
time last year. This is a pretty good critic
rion Of the business Of the community. When
the business of the postotlice is inroasing
1t is sure indication that the business OF
the town is also increasing
A diver and outfit has been sent 10 the
site of the wrecked British ship Bride of
Lorne, off Pensacola, for the purpose of
saving the keutedge ballast which the i'll
fated vessel had on board when she went TO
pieces. The stuff is worth 81 per ton, and
there was enough Of il to warrant the ven
tuTe provided 1t is accessible.
There are at present over dozen crini-
mails confined in the jail in Orlando awaiting
the establishment of the new criminal court
before they can be tried Many Of them
were prepared to plead guilty at the recent
session of the Circuit Court, but judge
Broome decided that he had no jurisdiction.
and they were returned 10 Jail